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this is interesting because Locus Map does not have any "Auto-pause" feature that would stop your track recording. What exactly do you mean by that? Could you please post some screenshot of the situation here? Thanks.

Dear Michal, I was wondering about your reply. After every picknick I have to start recording again. Probably this issue is caused by the multitasking on my Phone during a break. When Locusmap is running in the background the recording is paused.

Dear Michal, During our walking-holidays the annoying problem of the track recording still exist. Recording stops after a while. All your proposals don't seem to work. Please help !!!! The support of Locus is not optimal in this case. To illustrate the problem an example gpx file is attached

one last thing comes to my mind when I see your file - do you happen to have GPS auto-off option switched on? Check Settings > Gps&location > GPS auto-off. The recording indicates that sometimes your GPS goes off rather than Locus. Have you tried also some other track recording apps?

It's not your system settings, it's Locus settings - go to Locus menu > Settings > Gps&location > GPS auto-off. If it is checked, uncheck. If it is unchecked, then I don't know how to help you. We can't simulate your problem - when we set a Xiaomi phone the way it is recommended in the article mentioned above, all works OK.

Last option is to analyse debug log from your phone. Run Locus, perform track recording, stop it when you are finished, stop Locus and tap *#*#284#*#* on your phone dial (works only on Xiaomi with MIUI 8+). You'll be prompted the debug log is being created. When it is ready you can find it in sdcard/miui/debug_log folder. Copy it and post here, we'll analyse it and hopefully find the reason of your issues.

we analysed your bug report and found out that your system recognizes that (citation) "application hold GPS too long exceed the limit". Simply, your MIUI stops GPS when it decides it is used for too long time by some application. This state should be solved by measures described here http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php?id=manual:faq:gps_lost_fix_android6#xiaomi but for some reason, your OS still prevails.

on my last two bike rides I experienced something similar to you - Locus paused recording in the middle of the ride. In both cases the reason was that I forgot to lock Locus in the phone RAM - minimize Locus, tap left system button, drag Locus icon to the bottom, a lock icon appears, tap it, Locus icon moves back up and is marked with a blue lock (see screenshots). Of course I have made other settings before:

Hi Wiel, then I would rather ask the MIUI community if there's a new method of preventing system from unwanted killing background processes. What I've written to you for these 3 months is all we in Locus team know...